Agree, FF latest is a vast improvement in speed and a world above Exploder. My desktops both run Window$ 8.1 with little problem except 'Mail', what a useless P.O.S. I have to log into Outlook to save or send images and half the time I get a "XXX@msn is currently unavailable" when I'm just dumping my junk mail. I also have email through Gmail and Xfinity but each have other problems."Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

And the latest and greatest 'Creator$ Update' has rendered the stylus on my $urface Tablet inoperative in Firefox.
Probably another wrench thrown into the workings of Mozilla by the boy$ and girl$ in Redmond.....
ALL HAIL MICRO$OFT!"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

And the latest and greatest 'Creator$ Update' has rendered the stylus on my $urface Tablet inoperative in Firefox.
Probably another wrench thrown into the workings of Mozilla by the boy$ and girl$ in Redmond.....
ALL HAIL MICRO$OFT!

Hey JE,

Don't you know? Micro$oft can do as they damn well please since they are answerable to no one. Contrary to them putting out security updates, they don't care about us little people. They are above ALL on this ball of rock called Earth. Window$ 10 and their revised EULA, taking away our freedom to use Class Actions, did that for them.

The Windows 10 error "Page Fault In Nonpaged Area" usually results in a BSOD and can be quite frustrating to troubleshoot. The error is caused by Windows not finding a file within memory that it expects to find. If you need to fix this error, well, this is how to do it...

For the normal form for The Register, that article is rather subdued... All far too obvious to need risking their legal budget/insurance? Instead, the comments there are somewhat illuminating as is too often the case...

IT really is what we allow it to be...
MartinSee new freedom: Mageia Linux
Take a look for yourself: Linux Format
The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3)

For the normal form for The Register, that article is rather subdued... All far too obvious to need risking their legal budget/insurance? Instead, the comments there are somewhat illuminating as is too often the case...

... Microsoft has already been threatened by Data Protection Authorities in the EU in regards to how it collects data on users in Windows 10. With the much stricter General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) going into effect later this spring, we’re starting to see many companies, large and small, offer users more control over the data that is collected on them as a way to become compliant with the new data protection regulation.

Note: Those user-friendly regulations do not include the rest of the world such as the great "US of A"...

IT really is what we allow it to be...
MartinSee new freedom: Mageia Linux
Take a look for yourself: Linux Format
The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3)

Ah, but when Kaspersky sends back information about the version of AV that's installed on your system, it's bad, and everyone needs to know how bad it is, and that it's Russian - purportedly Kremlin run - and that you should not ever install it again on any of your systems. When Microsoft does it, it's "let's install this on all our computers in the Pentagon!".Jord

According to Giorgo of the Ancient Astronaut Theorists I do not help with tech questions via private message. He's right: please use the forums for that.

Ah, but when Kaspersky sends back information about the version of AV that's installed on your system, it's bad, and everyone needs to know how bad it is, and that it's Russian - purportedly Kremlin run - and that you should not ever install it again on any of your systems. When Microsoft does it, it's "let's install this on all our computers in the Pentagon!".

Which is why I would NEVER let Kaspersky within a thousand yards of my equipment. I know, McAfee, Norton and probably every other AV program(and most Apps), also 'report back' to their masters, but those masters are not former heads of the KGB.............."Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

I've just renewed my license with them. They're better than frickin' Bitdefender which stills keeps asking me to reboot once, twice a week, else it can't update. 20 more days before it's going off and Kaspersky is going onto that system as well.

As for the CEO of Kaspersky having graduated from The Technical Faculty of the KGB Higher School and then served the Soviet military intelligence service as a software engineer, that's how schooling with follow-up work was done in the USSR before the Wall came down. I doubt you'll find anyone there of our age that wasn't taught in some intelligence school and didn't serve in the navy, air force or military. I'm sure that if the Wall hadn't come down, it was still going on like that.

But leave it to the Americans to be scared by absolutely nothing at all, and only because it's a Russian product, it's outlawed. Next stuff from China will be bad. Followed by anyone or anything coming from Europe.Jord

According to Giorgo of the Ancient Astronaut Theorists I do not help with tech questions via private message. He's right: please use the forums for that.

But leave it to the Americans to be scared by absolutely nothing at all, and only because it's a Russian product, it's outlawed. Next stuff from China will be bad. Followed by anyone or anything coming from Europe.

The difference is that any backdoors in US products are there for the US intellgence services, where as the ones in Chinese & Russian products are for their intelligence services.Grant
Darwin NT

I am not employed by the U.S. military or government. I have tried all the major and some minor AV programs or suites. Kaspersky is the least troublesome so far. So when renewal comes up again in a couple of months, I will renew again. I haven't seen any concrete evidence, only unverified accusations, that any personal information of mine is being shared with the Russian government.Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours

I just started my tablet(which the upgrade service previously said was not eligible for the Win10 upgrade due to graphics hardware)and it immediately started into the 'updating your system' routine even though I have update turned off. I went into update history, sorted by date, which indicated nothing had been installed since 1/19/16.

Not believing the P.O.S. I ran the uninstall batch file and found that KB3058618 had been installed without authorization............as the Outer Limits lead in went....."you are no longer in control of your television, we control the horizontal, we control the vertical......"

":|]

A good example of what I am talking about

You have no control Welcome to "1986" Big brother is watching you !!!!!!!

We would like to add a checkbox to the installer, exact wording TBD, but along the lines of “Send diagnostics information to help improve Ubuntu”.
This would be checked by default.

The result of having that box checked would be:

* Information from the installation would be sent over HTTPS to a service run by Canonical’s IS team. This would be saved to disk and sent on first boot once there is a network connection. The file containing this data would be available for the user to inspect.

That data would include:
* Ubuntu Flavour
* Ubuntu Version
* Network connectivity or not
* CPU family
* RAM
* Disk(s) size
* Screen(s) resolution
* GPU vendor and model
* OEM Manufacturer
* Location (based on the location selection made by the user at install). No IP information would be gathered
* Installation duration (time taken)
* Auto login enabled or not
* Disk layout selected
* Third party software selected or not
* Download updates during install or not
* LivePatch enabled or not

* Popcon would be installed. This will allow us to spot trends in package usage and help us to focus on the packages which are of most value to our users.

The results of this data would be made public. E.g. People would be able to see that X% of Ubuntu users are based in .de vs Y% in .za. Z% of our users run Dell hardware, and so on. The Ubuntu privacy policy would be updated to reflect this change.

Any user can simply opt out by unchecking the box, which triggers one simple POST stating, “diagnostics=false”.Jord

According to Giorgo of the Ancient Astronaut Theorists I do not help with tech questions via private message. He's right: please use the forums for that.

Howls of pain from Win10 1607 and 1703 users who were forced to upgrade to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update today. No advanced warning. This is the third time some Win10 customers have been pushed onto Win10 1709.

Just when you thought Win10 Fall Creators Update was finally starting to look stable, Microsoft pulled another tone-deaf move. Reports have been pouring in from people who were forced to upgrade from Win10 1607 (the Anniversary Update) or Win10 1703 (the First Spring Creators Update) to the latest version of the last edition of Windows, Win10 1709.

"Don't attempt to adjust the vertical, don't attempt to adjust the horizontal.......and we will not return control of your PC to you............suck it up customers, you bought it and now we OWN you.""Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

well, when I upgraded from Win 7 to Win 10, my box would no longer get on the web. Plus, I hate Cortana and all the spyware on Win 10, so I dumped it and installed Linux Mint 18.2. Free, LibreOffice is compatible with Win Office, and BOINC runs fine with no more tweaking than with Win
and 1,592 Classic SETI!